Windshield cleaner



`March 8, 1927.

, LE ROY RUCKEL.

WINDSHIELD CLEANER Filed April 9. 1925 glwvcnfoz LeRoy Buckel @Moulay/tPatented nu non noemt, or srefrrronn,l coivivnorrour.

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My said invention relates to a windshield lo inside of the windshieldand clouds the same on rise'ol temperature in the car. Referring to theaccompanying drawings, which are made a part hereof and on which similarreference characters indicate similar parte9 r-Figure 1 is a perspectiveot a part of an automobile with my improved device applied thereto,

Figure 2 a vertical transverse sectionV ot 2@ the device,

Figure 3 a section on line 3-3 el Figure 2, an

Figure 4 a section on line 4 4 of Figure 2. 'ln the drawing referencecharacter 10 indicates generally the top of an automobile having awindshield of .conventional lorm with an upper part 11 pivoted at 12..Ac-

cording to my invention l-provide a wind-y shield cleaning pad orscraper 13 ol ordinary form supported by a rockarm 14 pivotally mountedon a bolt 15. This pad is located on the outside of the Windshield inusual manner and operates in known fashion, it being understood thatother forms of pad may be substituted for the one here shown. Forholding the device in place ll have provided a clamp 16 engageable overthe top ol the upper windshield member and capable of being moved to anydesired positin on the t@ same. This clamp is carried by a su 1riort 17'through which the bolt 15 passes. he bolt 15 may be passed through thedshield trame il the clamp. is not to be used.. 'llhe vrocharm 14 ontheother side may be adjust ably positioned by mgans ol nuts 19 andwashers 20 on the bolt so as to adjust thetension of the inner and outerpads in proper manner.

The rockarm 18 is similar to the rockarm 52 14 and carries a cleaningdevice similar'in form to the pad 13. The inner cleaning device 21,however, has a metallic envelope 22 within which is a mass 23 ofporcelain or J other heat resisting material which may be surrounded bymica insulation or the like. Embedded in the porcelain isa heatinelement here shown as a wire 24. 'llhe wire is connected to ends ofbinding posts 2 5 and 27 leading to a switch or to a switchand a rheostat. 'lhe lower end ofthe wire is carried back inside of the envelopeto the binding post.

The arm 18 is provided with a handle 28 and thearm and handle are `both'rigidly connected to a lll-shaped member 29 whichv may 65 be made ofsheet metal and which has a pin 30 pivotally. vconnectin it to alll-shaped member 31 which may e in the form otan extension of thecasting 22 but is here shown 7@ 'as fixed thereto bysmall bolts 32.

ln the operation of my device it will be seen that by exerting pressureon the handle 28 from one side to the other the inner cleaner will swingin an are as indicated in Figure 1. The rockarm 13 has an opening 75flattened at one side to engage a flatsur'face on the bolt 15., Thecorresponding flat surfaces prevent relative rotation between the holtand the arm. The arm 14 is similarly connected to the bolt and it willtherefore be s@ seen that when the handle 28 is moved to and fro therockarm will also be swung to andv fro so that the pad 13 and the innercleaner 21 will swing back and forth in synchronism. The outerlcleanerprovides in well yknown manner for removal of dust and water from theoutside of the windshieldl while the inner cleaner and heating elementnot only removes dust but also wipes od any moisture that may collectand by reason of its temperature causes such moisture tov evaporaterapidly so as not to return it to the inner -lace of the shield.. lnaddition, it also warms the outer surlace ol the shield to a certainextent thus tending to prevent the collection el moistureand lreezing elthe same thereon.

lt will be obvious to those skilled in the art that many modificationsand changes may be made'in this device without departing from 10@ .thespirit ol the invention. For this reason ll do not limit myself to thespecific form of the invention shown in the drawings and described inthe specicationbut only asinlos Vdicated in the a pended claim.

Having thus 1y resented m said ia-` vention, what I claim as new andesire to secure by Iiiers Patent, is:

neiaeea A windshield cleaner comprising a supmeans whereby the wiper maybe actuated,

port mounted on a Windshield, a Wlper carsubstantially as set forth.

ried by said support to be reciprooated over in Witness whereof, it havehereunto set the Windshield glass and comprising an my handl atStamford, Connecticut, this 5 elongated metallic casing having aflattened fourth day of April, A. D. nineteen hundred face directlyengaging Said glass, a convoand twenty-three.

luted heating element incorporated in said Wiper and insulated from thecasing, and LE BUY RUCKEL.

